Approved planning data services - Useful leads? or advertisers after money

[Gardendesigner]

Hi has anyone had any contact with approved planning data services? They just cold called me offering to use me as an approved tradesman. (Don't know how when they just picked me out from previous advertising). Couldn't get a straight answer from them but they seem to be in the business of passing on new planning applications. They gave me their website approvedplanning.co.uk and it looks like you pay to be in a brochure sent out to people who have had planning applications approved. Has anyone used them and are there any decent leads to be had? Cheers Ian.

[Asbury]

After a firm contacted me offering the same sort of deal, but this firm advertised my business name on the front cover of a booklet that went around the yellow pages book.
I paid them about £300 and I never seen them again, I called and a lady explained that they had ripped off a load of firms in the Newcastle area.

Oooo to be wet behind ones ear.

[msh paving]

don't waste your money, leave them alone MSH

[lutonlagerlout]

scam spam and a fraud

dont go near it fella

anyone can write to people who have applied for planning ,you dont need these
LLL

[topgrafter2007]

advertisers!!!!!! grr nowt worse, phone going.... stop what your doing.... prise your soggy gloves off.... race to answer it case its a job..... nope its some dipstick sat in warm orifice who cant help but sound like every other sales numpty!! just give them abuse it helps soothe the desire to throw rocks at them!

[enigmaenigma]

Have to agree with what others have already said

It sounds like the most that you will get, if anything, is a photocopy of approved planning applications from the local rag or a print out from online instead

Or you might end up paying an extortionate amount of money to them - in return for them perusing the planning approvals in the local rag or online, and then them simply cold dropping a leaflet with a few trade names on it to the applicant


As our friendly lager lout from Luton says, you could cold call the planning approvals yourself, and then post out a leaflet or flyer for the cost of a stamp

[lutonlagerlout]

some of the jobs we have done, they get cold called when the planning goes in,its not rocket science as planning apps are online anyway
1 mob from sunderland wanted to do a kitchen extension ???
LLL

[mouldmaker]

You can go on your local council's website and look at all planning applications, names, addresses, usually drawings as well. All free, just takes an hour a week to keep up to date.

[Tony McC]

As work becomes tighter and tighter, we're beginning to see more and more of these parasites. Ask yourself: if you were looking to have some work done to the house, would you use such a service? Or would you rely on tried and trusted routes such as word of mouth?

[Gardendesigner]

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll stick to my tried and tested advertising and leave this one well alone. Cheers Ian.